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Northwest Focus features Ivan Moody: Akáthistos Hymn
In the lead-up to our Ivan Moody: The Akáthistos Hymn series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance on the Northwest Focus program on Monday, March 12! Tune in at 8:30pm for a broadcast from the upcoming recording re-release! Rev’d Dr. Ivan Moody, British composer, conductor, and Orthodox priest, returns to direct his stunning…
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Alexander Lingas and Arvo Pärt!
Many, many thanks to the gracious staff of the Arvo Pärt Centre for making a hastily arranged research trip turn out to be a visit full of human warmth, productive study, and spiritual reflection. Special thanks to Arvo and Nora Pärt, who gave selflessly of their time to enrich my understanding and experience. I leave…
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12 Days of Christmas on Northwest Focus
In the lead-up to our 12 Days of Christmas in the East series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance with Cappella Romana recordings on the Northwest Focus program! See the schedule: Date Time Music Mon, Jan 1 9:00pm Zes: Cherubic Hymn Tues, Jan 2 8:08pm Zes: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom…
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Now Available — Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English
Order Now Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English Cappella Romana Media combines passion with scholarship in its exploration of early and contemporary music of the Christian East and West. A Holiday Record Unlike Any Other Disc 1: Traditional Chants in Greek and Arabic Disc 2: Traditional Chants in English…
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Pre-Order Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas!
Order Now Sun of Justic: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English OPEN FOR PRE-ORDERS! SHIPS ON RELEASE DAY DECEMBER 8, 2017 Cappella Romana Media combines passion with scholarship in its exploration of early and contemporary music of the Christian East and West. A Holiday Record Unlike Any Other Disc 1: Traditional Chants…
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Cappella Romana Sings Carols at The Grotto
Sunday, November 26th at 9pm, Cappella Romana will perform carols at “The Largest Christmas Carol Festival in the World”, The Grotto Christmas Festival of Lights! Presenting the sights, sounds and sensations of the season, The Grotto’s Christmas Festival of Lights is the largest Christmas choral festival in the world. The festival features nearly 160 indoor…
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Cyrillus Kreek: Blessed is the Man – Live
Cappella Romana performs “Blessed is the man” by Cyrillus Kreek with renowned Finnish choral director Timo Nuoranne during the Arctic Light II: Northern Exposure concert at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Washington on November 17, 2017.
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Cappella Romana Rehearses Arctic Light II
Cappella Romana rehearsing “Psalm 84” by Cyrillus Kreek with renowned Finnish choral director Timo Nuoranne. The Psalms of Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962) take a pride of place in “Arctic Light II.” Kreek and his family converted from the Lutheran church to the Orthodox faith in 1896, when Kreek was just seven years old. His…
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Rehearsing Tchaikovsky’s Nine Sacred Pieces
Benedict Sheehan, an emerging authority on Russian Orthodox singing and music director at St. Tikhon’s Seminary and Monastery in Pennsylvania, makes his Cappella Romana debut with selections from Tchaikovsky’s groundbreaking All-Night Vigil, Op. 52, and his transcendent Nine Sacred Pieces. Download the Program Seattle Fri 20 Oct, 8:00pm St. James Cathedral TICKETS Add to Calendar…
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Gramophone Review of The Akáthistos Hymn
Looking forward to our upcoming performances of Ivan Moody’s Akáthistos Hymn in Seattle and Portland, as well as the re-release of our original recording, we’re looking back at Gramophone Magazine’s 2003 review of our recording of the work: “The Byzantine Akáthistos Hymn probably dates from the early 6th century and comprises 24 stanzas, one for…
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Cappella Romana at the Portland Middle East Festival
Sunday, August 27th, Cappella Romana will present selections of Orthodox Music from the upcoming season at 2 and 4pm during the 40th Annual Middle East Festival at the St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Portland! See Event Details on Facebook
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Fanfare Magazine Review for Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West
New Fanfare Magazine review for our Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West recording! “Musicologist Alexander Lingas continues his mesmerizing exploration of the music of both traditions with a release that offers, as he states in his extensive notes, ‘a sampling of the Byzantine and Latin sacred music that someone could have encountered during the…
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